Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It is headed by a Railway Board whose chairman reports to the Ministry of Railways. It is organized into separate functional groups or verticals while divided into 19 operational zones geographically. Each zone, headed by a General Manager, is semi-autonomous thus creating a matrix organization where the functional branches are under dual control.
16-566: Vijayawada railway division (formerly: Bezawada railway division) is one of the six railway divisions under South Central Railways of the Indian Railways . The headquarters of the division are located at Vijayawada . It was formed as one of the eight divisions in Southern Railway on 16 May 1956. After the formation of South Central Railway zone , the division was integrated into it on 2 October 1966. On 27 February 2019, This division
32-549: A total of 161 stations in the division. Out of these, 108 are categorized as Non-suburban, 48 as Halt stations. Five stations namely, Nidiguntapalem, Venkatachalam , Krishnapatnam , Sarpavaram , Komarapudi does not handle any coaching traffic and six halt stations namely, Sitampet , Kaikoram, Marampalli , Kesavaram , Pedabrahmadevam, Gudaparti were closed. Kavali , Annavaram , Anakapalle , Bhimavaram Junction , Narasapur , Gudivada Junction The division operates around 274 passenger and 150 freight trains every day. There are
48-442: A total of 222 electric , 34 diesel locos , 838 coaches, 29 MEMU , 37 DEMU 's. Vijayawada railway division generates much of its revenue from freight transport, which includes major commodities like coal , fertilisers , food grains , cement etc. Krishnapatnam and Kakinada Ports are the two main revenue earners for the division in freight transport. During 2013–14, it handled a divisional record of 100 million passengers. In
64-405: Is P.Srinivass. The Gudur–Duvvada (Vijayawada–Gudur(tripling under progress) and Vijayawada-Duvvada), Vijayawada–Kondapalli, Samalkot–Kakinada Port, Vijayawada-Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu, Bhimavaram–Narasapuram and Gudivada-Machilipatnam are electrified and double-track railway lines. Kondapalli railway station is the divisional interchange station. The lines and sections under the jurisdiction of
80-416: Is headed by a Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), who are responsible for the operation and maintenance in the respective divisions. The 17 operational zones and their divisions are listed below. South Coast Railway zone is proposed to be created as the eighteenth zone, but is not yet operational as of 2023. In every zone, the functional verticals are represented by head of departments (HODs) responsible for
96-553: The Union Cabinet decided to reduce the size of the board from eight to five. The chairman of the railway board reports to the Ministry of Railways and act on behalf of the ministry. The following report to the railway board: The organization is divided into separate functional groups of traction , engineering , traffic , rolling stock , signalling , materials , personnel , RPF , finance , health and safety . In 1944, all
112-666: The Railway Finance Committee (1908) by constituting the Railway Board headed by a president as a separate department. Pursuant to the Acworth committee's recommendations in 1921, the railway board was expanded to four members with the addition of a financial commissioner in 1924 apart from the chief commissioner, one commissioners responsible for ways and works, projects and stores and the other responsible for general administration, staff and traffic. In 1929, an additional member
128-460: The Vijayawada division are listed below: Under construction : Source : Note: The revised station categorization is based on footfalls at the station and it includes three groups namely, Non-Suburban (NS) , Suburban (S) and Halt (H) . It is further divided into grades ranging from 1-6 for Non-Suburban, 1-3 for Suburban and 1-3 for Halt stations. As of 10 July 2018, there are
144-405: The financial year 2018–19, the gross earnings of the division were a whooping ₹ 5,137.00 crore (US$ 620 million). It includes, ₹ 3,965.29 crore (US$ 480 million) in terms of freight and ₹ 1,042.23 crore (US$ 120 million) by passenger transport. In the same fiscal year, it recorded as the only division with 9.3 metric tonnes of freight loading in the country. The below table shows
160-563: The railway companies in existence at the time were taken over by the Government. In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for re-organizing Indian Railways into six regional zones which were divided subsequently to create newer zones. As of 2024, there are 17 operational zones of Indian Railways. The zones are headed by a General manager and are further sub-divided into divisions. Each division
176-455: The respective functions in the zone. Each division has functional staff who report to the geographical divisional managers and functional HODs in a matrix organization and are tasked with the operation and maintenance of assets. Staff are classified into gazetted (Groups A and B) and non-gazetted (Groups C and D) employees with gazetted employees carrying out executive/managerial level tasks. As of March 2022, Groups A & B constitute 1.5% of
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#1732898518433192-540: The revenue and serving traffic of both passenger and freight from 2017–18 financial year. Zones and divisions of Indian Railways In March 1905, the railway branch of the Public Works Department was transferred to the newly established railway board under the department of commerce and industry by the Indian Railway Board Act. In 1908, the set up was re-organized on the recommendations of
208-459: The status of a principal secretary to the Government of India with an additional member added. The board was expanded with an additional member responsible for electrical engineering in 1972 and a further member responsible for health in 1976. In 2004, the board is expanded by the introduction of two new members responsible for signalling & telecom and for stores respectively. In December 2019,
224-840: The total workforce, while Group C & D account for 98.5%. 80% of Group-A employees are recruited through Indian Railways Management Service (IRMS) with remaining through promotions. The various Group A cadres are as below include: Group B employees are recruited by departmental promotional exams of Group C employees. Recruitment of Group C employees are through exams conducted by the Railway Recruitment Control Board (RRCB) and Group D staffs are recruited by zonal Railway Recruitment Cells (RRC). Indian Railways operates seven centralized training institutes and 295 training centers. Ministry of Commerce and Industry A ministry of trade and industry , ministry of commerce , ministry of commerce and industry or variations
240-458: Was added to the board and was assigned the responsibility for staff, so that the member in charge of traffic could focus solely on transport and commercial matters. In 1950,the railway board was re-constituted to four members with the senior-most functional member appointed the chairman of the board with no absolute over riding power. In October 1954, the chairman of the board was made responsible for decisions on technical and policy matters, with
256-456: Was announced to be integrated with South Coast Railway zone with Visakhapatnam as its headquarters. The division is located completely in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It has a broad gauge route of 957.23 km (594.80 mi) and a running track of 1,646.72 km (1,023.22 mi). It has a total electrified route of 733.25 km (455.62 mi) and a total track of 1,928 km (1,198 mi). The present Divisional Railway Manager
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